The Shemwell Family

Lydie Caroline McCord1866

Name
Lydie Caroline McCord
Given names
Lydie Caroline
Surname
McCord
Married name
Lydie Caroline Burrus
Birth about 1866
MarriageGeorge Lafayette BurrusView this family
unknown

Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 12 months)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 12 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 3 years)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 12 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a son
#1
William Arthur Burrus
February 14, 1888 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Marriage of a childWilliam Arthur BurrusMattie L HuffmanView this family
January 20, 1908 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Audie Burrus
January 1, 1909 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Euliess A Burrus
December 13, 1910 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
George Eskell Burrus
November 16, 1912 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Walter A Burrus
December 28, 1914 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 50 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a grandson
#5
Thomas Ike “Tom” Burrus
February 22, 1917 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 51 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 52 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Dollie Burrus
March 8, 1919 (Age 53 years)

Death of a granddaughterDollie Burrus
March 11, 1919 (Age 53 years)

Census January 20, 1920 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a grandson
#7
Cleo Burrus
November 30, 1921 (Age 55 years)

Birth of a grandson
#8
Leo Burrus
November 30, 1921 (Age 55 years)

Death of a grandsonCleo Burrus
December 4, 1921 (Age 55 years)

Death of a grandsonLeo Burrus
February 15, 1923 (Age 57 years)

Birth of a grandson
#9
Willard Lero Burrus
October 8, 1924 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#10
Jewel Deare Burrus
January 10, 1928 (Age 62 years)
Death of a grandsonAudie Burrus
July 18, 1929 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 63 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Death of a husbandGeorge Lafayette Burrus
May 11, 1930 (Age 64 years)

Birth of a grandson
#11
Jay Dee Burrus
July 11, 1931 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#12
Bonnie Sue Burrus
December 29, 1933 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 75 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 84 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a sonWilliam Arthur Burrus
1953 (Age 87 years)

Death of a grandsonWalter A Burrus
November 25, 1974 (Age 108 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 80 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Arthur Burrus - Household

Hardy, Sharp, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Burrus, William AheadMW31MARMOARFarmerGeneral Farm
Burrus, MattiewifeFW31MARNCAR
Burrus, AudiesonMW11SARARAR
Burrus, EuliesssonMW9SARARAR
Burrus, EskellsonMW7SARARAR
Burrus, WaltersonMW5SARARAR
Burrus, TommiesonMW2SARARAR
Burrus, LafayettefatherMW55MMOTNTNFarmerRetired
Burrus, Lydie CmotherFW54MARTNTN